Changing the air filter on this car is a little more complicated than it should be... having to remove the wheel and all... I did it, took pics and wrote the procedure if anybody is curious on how to check or change it... here is the link...

Jaguar HELP!: How to change the air filter on your Jaguar XK 2008

PLS faq!

 

just a minor comment! I always remove wheel nuts after jacking, not before, using an impact wrench..................otherwise Thanks for pictures............

Cheers, Adrian

 

Are the air filters iin the same place on 2010+ models?

TIA

 

2010 with the 5.0 Liter engine I think it has two air filters and I honestly only read about them in training manuals. for what i see in pics yes, they are in the same place but there are two, one in each wheel Now wether there is more screws, or less, or clips, i won't know until they go out of warranty and they start coming to my shop.

good luck.

 

I said crack when the car is down and set it up and remove the lugs when the wheel is up, they are harder if not impossible to crack when the wheel is up unless somebody is stepping on the brake. Mechanics like you and me use an impact wrench I agree.

 

Mods,
Shouldn't this be a sticky?
Regards,
White Bear.

 

Pita

 

Does anyone have the information that was in the link?

The link is old and does not exist anymore

Thanks in advance

Chas

 

Just tried the link, worked for me.

 

Ditto, on the "Nut Cracking" sequence. I too, break the strangle hold while the weight is on the ground. This is true for my E-Type's knob-offs, as well.
Once the nuts are slightly loose, I remove with a gun.
Thanks for the write_up!

BTW, what torque did you use for tightening?

 

Thanks, I tried the link again and it WORKED !!


Thanks again


Chas

 

Hi, just to share on how my machnic did the airfilter change on my xk recently. He turned the steering to the far-end so that the wheels toed in, and exposing the inner wheel-arch. He then unscrewed the wheel-arch to reach the air fillter box (to change the filter) without undoing the wheels. All done under 3 minutes. Lazy but efficient bugger.

 

Hi, by "far end" meaning extreme right or left?

 

Hi Redrider,
My ride is a right-hand drive, and the airfilter is located on the left-hand passenger side. So, the steering was turned to the right extreme end. The left wheel would toed-inwards right, leaving sufficient room to undo the wheel-arch screws. The wheel-arch is made of flexible material which could be bend/ contorted slightly to make the airfilter change. Hope that helps.

 

Thanks for clarifying...
Happy Motoring.....

 

I'm going to try this method.
I just did the left side and took nearly two hours! A lot of the time was jacking the car up safely.
Will try the right side like this and report

 

I believe the 07 and 08's only have one filter.

 

wheel on full right lock - LHD vehicle left wheel





wheel on full left lock - LHD vehicle - left wheel





I could not resist the temptation.

My car is a Left Hand Drive 2009 XKR so may be different but there seems to be more room if the steering wheel is turned OUT, meaning to access the left hand side filter, turn steering wheel to the left.

Chas

 

Hi Chas,
The first picture with the wheel at full right lock is it (if the airfilter is located at that side.) That little patch of space (as shown in the pic) is where the airfilter box is located and could be pulled out (like a cartridge) once the screws are undone. The space available is just about enough to do the airfilter change. But i gusss those folks with burly hands might find it abit more challenging.

 

I just changed the filter on my 07. I have 20" wheels and turning the wheel right didn't provide enough clearance to remove the filter. The job, including jacking the car and removing the wheel, was about 45 minutes.

Jag didn't give a lot of thought to filter changes when they designed this car. The cabin filter is a PITA too.